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Evening Star, Issue 15909, 15 September 1915, Page 10

STUCK PIG. Moses Mendelssohn, who was the victim of much abuse, but whose sharp wit always turned the tables on his persecutors, was once sitting in an inn where a number of cavaliers were feasting. They observed the philosopher, and in order to annoy him sent him a plate of apple parings which remained from their repast. The philosopher accepted the gift gravely, and seemed plunged in thought. Then the cavaliers suddenlynoticed that there were tears in his eyes. "Why are you crying?" asked one of them. "I am thinking of something my dead mother once said to me," replied Moses. '' TVhen I was a child I had a very sweet tooth, and mother tried to discourage me. Once when she caught me stealing some sweets she said: 'My son, if you keep on this way you shall have to be content some day with the leavings of pigs.' " ''But why are you crying?" reiterated the cavalier. "Alas!" responded the philosopher, '' her prophecy has come true r"